Ernest b



(No Model.) I

E. B. & J. T. DRUMMOND.

SOLE AND HEEL SHAVING IMPLEMENT.

Patented Oct. 26, 1886.

Wtbvmooco 5 mam/ ow 3511 wa'ffozvwt s UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST B. DRUMMOND AND JOHN T. DRUMMOND, OF MASSIES MILLS, VA.

SOLE AND HEEL SHAVING IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,429, dated October26,1886. Application filed July 2.", 1886; Serial No. 209,479. (Nomodel.)

parts for service, substantially as hereinafter.

fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved implement for shoeand boot makers use which can be easily and conveniently used fortrimming both the soles and heels of boots and shoes without replacingor adjusting the cutting implement or the guide, and which can also beused in either the right or left hand to trim corresponding sides of thesole and heel of the work to be operated upon.

A further object of our invention is to provide an improved implementwhich shall be very simple and durable in construction and cheap andinexpensive of manufacture, to provide means for adjusting the guide sothat the cutter can trim the leather to a greater or less depth, andtoprovide auxiliary guides which shall effectually prevent the cutterfrom inj uring the upper of the shoe or boot.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a sole and heel shavingimplement enibodying our improvements, Figure l is a perspective view.Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on theline as x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a detail perspective view of the mainguide for the cutter. Fig. 5 is a like view of the auxiliary guide.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the shank of ourimproved hand implement for trimming or shaving soles and heels of shoesand boots, which is provided at one end with a handle, a, of anyapproved pattern, so that it can be easily and readily grasped by thehand of the operator. One end of this shank A is bifurcated to providethe parallel arms B, which are arranged some distance apart from eachother, and these arms 13 are provided, near their outer ends, withinterior-1y threaded apertures or passages b and I), each of the armshaving these two apertures, fora purpose hereinafter explained.

O designates the cutter or blade, which is made of convex shape tocorrespond with the convexity of the heel or sole which is to betrimmed. A set of these cutters may be provided with each implement, andeach cutter of the set may be of difi'erent curvature and size toaccommodate boots or shoes of different sizes and shapes, as will bevery readily understood. I have only shown one of the cutters 0 herein,as I have not deemed it of sufficient importanceto illustrate theseveral forms that may be employed, the cutters being interchangeable atwill on'the arms of theshank. Each of these cutters 0, however, isprovided at its ends with contact-flanges O, which are arranged at anangle to the body of the cutter and are adapted to bear againsttheoutersides of the free ends of the arms B of the implement, andthrough suitable openings in these flanges O of the cutter passbinding-screws c, which enter the, apertures b of the arms B and thusserve to firmly secure the cutter to the arms B, while at 'the same timethe screws permit the cutter to be easily detached from the implementand its place supplied by another cutter of different size or convexity,as will be readily understood.

D designates the main guide for the cutter, which corresponds to theshape and size of the cutter to which it is adapted for service. One ofthese guides is provided for each of the cutters to which it correspondsin size and shape, and when one of the blades is applied to the arms Bof the implement the guide D corresponding thereto is also connected tothe implement in proper position to prevent the cutter from entering theleather too deep. The guide is also provided with contact-flanges d,which are arranged at an angle to the guide to correspond with similarflanges on the cutter, and these flanges are slotted longitudinally, asat (1, so as to permit of the free passage of the binding-screws Dtherethrough, the said binding-screws entering the threaded openings 2)of the arms B of the implement. The guideis so arranged with relation tothe cutter that its flat side is presented to the edge of the cutter,and this guide is arranged to bear on the sole or heel when theimplement is in use to prevent the cutter from cutting too deep, theguide being adj ustably secured to the shank A by the bindingsorewsworking in the slots d, so thatthe depth of the outperformed by thecutter can be regulated to suit the case.

E designates the auxiliary guides, one of which is arranged at each sideof the cutter to prevent the latter from entering or injuring the upperof the boot or shoe that is being operated upon. These auxiliary guidesbear against the angular flanges of the cutter, to which they areadjustably secured by means of the same bindingscrews, 0, that securethe cutter to the implement, which screws 0 pass through longitudinalslots in the said auxiliary guides, as shown. The free ends of theseauxiliary guides are arranged about in line with the convex surface ofthe'cutter, and by means of the longitudinal slots in the guides E andthe binding-screws the guides can be adjusted to'assume the samerelative positions to the cutter irrespective of the convexity of thelatter.

The operation of our improved implement will be readily understood fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings.

It will be seen that the blade and the main guide can be easily andreadily detached from the shank to permit other like devices, but ofdifferent sizes or shapes, to be connected to the shank. I

Our improvements are simple and strong in construction, 'and cheap andinexpensive of manufacture. The implement can be used in either theright or left hand with equal facility to trim both sides of the soleand the heel of the shoe without requiring blagies of different forms tobe connected to the shank, to which feature we lay special stress, as itis very important in the practical use of an implement of this class.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is=- 1. A heel-shaving implementconsisting of a shank having the bifurcated arms provided with theinteriorly-threaded openings 12 1), arranged at right angles to eachother, the flanged slotted cutter fitted against the outer extremitiesof the arms to cause its slots to register with the openings b thereof,the main guide having its edge presented. to the sharpened edge of thecutter, and the slotted flanges d bearing against the sides of the armsto cause the slots of the flanges to align with the openings b, and thebinding-screws c D, passing through the slotted flanges of the cutterand guide and entering the threaded openings to adjustably anddetaehably connect the cutter and guide to the arms of the shank,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a shank, a cutter, a main guide therefor, and theauxiliary guides connectedto the shank and arranged at the ends of thecutter, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a shank, a detachable cutter, the removable guideconnected to the shank, and the adjustable auxiliary guides arranged atthe ends of the cutter, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a shank having the apertured arms B, the flangedcutter, the slotted main guide therefor, the slotted auxiliary guidesarranged at the ends of the cutter, and the binding-screws,substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST B. DRUMMOND. JOHN T. DRUMMOND.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN I. HILL, E. L. Kim).

